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Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

The Afghanistan Citizen’ Resettlement Scheme is a new route opening for the resettlement of Afghan refugees, prioritising those most in need including women, girls and children given their particular vulnerability. Whilst...

 the route is not yet open, some further details about the route have been provided. When will the Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme open? The Afghanistan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme...

New Guidance on Inadmissibility of Asylum Claims
By Lucy Cundy - Legal Associate

On 31 December 2020, at 11pm, the Brexit transition period came to an end. One consequence of this is that the Dublin Regulations no longer apply in the UK. New regulations have since been introduced by the UK government....

 Under these regulations, asylum claims can be ruled inadmissible. The Home Office is now able to rule that another country, known as a safe third country, should be liable for an asylum claim. The...

Settlement as a Refugee or person with Humanitarian Protection
By Elana Kaymer - Legal Associate

In this post we explore the requirements for obtaining settlement once you have completed 5 years in the UK as a refugee or person with humanitarian protection.  Does it matter whether I have Refugee or Humanitarian...

 Protection status? The Home Office generally assesses whether the criteria for Refugee status is met before considering whether Humanitarian Protection applies. Refugees must demonstrate a...

The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

The report WITHOUT MY FAMILY: The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK was published on Monday 13  January 2020. A full copy of the report can be read: here. The report is published by...

 three organisations: Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the Children. The research behind the report was commissioned in 2017-2018 and is based on a literature and legal review, interviews with...

What is “persecution” under the Refugee Convention?
By Richmond Chambers -

In a previous post, we have looked at how the credibility of an asylum claim is assessed here. This post will look at what constitutes persecution for the purposes of the UN Refugee Convention 1951. In order...

 to fall within the definition of a refugee for the purposes of the Convention, a person must show a well founded fear of ‘persecution’ for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or...

Grounds of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014
By Richmond Chambers -

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) made major changes to the immigration appeals landscape. The 2014 Act reduced the grounds of appeal by 13 (17 to four). This is important because it means that there...

 are now fewer circumstances in which the refusal of an immigration application can be challenged. The provisions in the 2014 Act were phased and came fully into force on 06 April 2015.  What is an...

Rights of appeal after the Immigration Act 2014
By Richmond Chambers -

The Immigration Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) reduced the circumstances in which the refusal of an immigration application will give rise to a right of appeal. The explanatory notes to the 2014 Act state that the...

 Act was intended to restructure rights of appeal to the Immigration Tribunal. Previously, a right of appeal to the Immigration Tribunal existed against any of the 14 different immigration decisions listed...

BSB publishes Vulnerability Good Practice Guide (Immigration Clients) for Immigration Barristers
By Richmond Chambers -

Richmond Chambers has been working with the Bar Standards Board to help produce a user guide for barristers working with vulnerable adult immigration clients, released this week. The Vulnerability Good Practice Guide...

 aims to help barristers to identify, assess and manage client vulnerabilities in line with good practice. This guide was a response to the recommendations made by the BSB’s Immigration Thematic Review...

Asylum applicants can be returned to Italy under Dublin regime, says Court of Appeal
By Richmond Chambers -

In NA (Sudan) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 1060 (01 November 2016), the Court of Appeal had two appeals before it. The First Appellant was from Sudan and the Second Appellant...

 from Iran. Both had come to the UK via Italy and claimed asylum in the UK. The First Appellant had already claimed and been granted refugee status in Italy. The Second Appellant did not claim asylum in...

Common European Asylum System Reforms
By Richmond Chambers -

The European Commission has recently presented proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System.Contact our Immigration Barristers London

 The European Commission has recently presented proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System.Contact our Immigration Barristers London

Home Secretary Criticised for “Compassion Quota” in Asylum Policy
By Richmond Chambers -

Theresa May is facing criticism for her plans to introduce what many critics are calling a “compassion quota” which offers the bare minimum protection to the vast majority of refugees.Expert Immigration Barristers in London: Contact Us

 Theresa May is facing criticism for her plans to introduce what many critics are calling a “compassion quota” which offers the bare minimum protection to the vast majority of refugees.Expert Immigration Barristers in London: Contact Us

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